Catalogue description Indefatigable and National Sea Training School for Boys

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Details of 387 IND
Reference: 387 IND
Title: Indefatigable and National Sea Training School for Boys
Description:

The collection consists of minutes, registers and photographs.

 

387/Ind/1 Minute Books

 

6 Vols. 1964 - 1984

 

387/Ind/2 Register Books

 

41 Vols. 1865 - 1995

 

387/Ind/3 Visitors Report Books

 

2 Vols. 1865 - 1978

 

387/Ind/4 Punishment Book

 

1 Vol. 1951 - 1995

 

387/Ind/5 Boys Discharge Book

 

1 Vol. 1961 - 1986

 

387/Ind/6 Photographs

 

387/Ind/7 Medical/Dental Registers

 

3 Vols. 1937 - 1980

 

387/Ind/8 Calculated Admissions and Discharges

 

80 Slips 1865 - 1949

 

387/Ind/9 Miscellaneous
Date: 1865-1995
Held by: Liverpool Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Indefatigable and National Sea Training School for Boys
Physical description: 9 Series
Physical condition: The collection is in fair condition
Access conditions:

Certain categories have been closed to the public, and dates of release have been annotated where applicable. This is in accordance with Section 1 (Principles 1, 2, and 7) of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Immediate source of acquisition:

Mr. R. W. Phillips of the "Old Boys" deposited The collection in April 1996 (address, 23, Highlands Road, Higher Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 HPS).
Administrative / biographical background:

In 1864 John Clint, a Liverpool seaman and ship-owner, founded a charitable institution to provide a secure environment in which to train the sons of sailors, destitute and orphaned boys to become merchant seamen. The original definition was that it would cater "for the sons and orphans of sailors who are without means, preference being given to those whose fathers had been connected with the Port of Liverpool."

 

The first Indefatigable was loaned by the Admiralty, moored off new Ferry in the River Mersey. Mr. James Bibby contributed £5000 to transform her from a fighting ship into a training ship, and this was to be the start of a long association between the Bibby family and the school.

 

The ship remained there for over 50 years, until 1912 when it was deemed unfit. The H.M.S. Phaeton was purchased by the Admiralty in 1913, and renamed the Indefatigable until 1941. The war then forced the establishment onto land, first at temporary accommodation in North Wales, and later in 1944 at Plas Llanfair, Anglesey.

 

1945 saw an amalgamation with the Lancashire National Sea Training Homes for boys and renamed "The Indefatigable and National Sea Training School for Boys". Many of the boys trained at the "Indefatigable" went on to have long and successful careers in the Merchant, or Royal Navy.
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